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COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICE EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A Public health nurse working with a family living in poverty recognizes that they are
more likely to be exposed to environmental hazards because they have (select all that
apply):
A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
E.) Cleaner than average air - Answer-A.) Limited funds to pay for health care
B.) Poorer nutrition
c.) Homes more likely located closer to hazardous waste sites
D.) Less education
Why is it important for nurses to understand the premises of environmental health?
A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that support healthy
environments.
B.) Toxicologists often consult nurses about environmental pollutants.
C.) Pollutant exposures such as lead are reported by nurses t the Environmental
Protection Agency.
D.) Many Americans live in areas that do not meet current national air quality standards
- Answer-A.) Nurses should be able to assess risks and advocate for policies that
support healthy environments.
An example of secondary prevention is :
A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
B.) working with communities on emergency preparedness plans
C.) Developing social networking interventions t modify community norms
D.) Educating patients with strokes as rehab centers to help organize to help optimize
their functioning - Answer-A.) Screening children for lead poisoning
Which example contains the components necessary to form an epidemiologic triangle?
A.) Pesticides, water, food
B.) Lead, mercury, soil
C.) trichloroethylene, water, infants
D.) Children under 12, elderly, temperature - Answer-C.) trichloroethylene, water,
infants
, Material safety data sheets (MSDSs) are written by the chemical manufacturer and
made available to any employee or their representative as required by the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This is an example of environmental health
approach of:
A.) Environmental exposure history
B.) Environmental health assessment
C.) Right to know
D.) Risk assessment - Answer-C.) Right to know
A community health nurse asks her client "When was residence built?" The nurse is
asking this question because she is conducting the client's:
A.) Environmental health assessment
B.) Environmental history
C.) Risk assessment
D.) Risk community - Answer-B.) Environmental history
Good lead surveillance programs help with early detection of rising blood levels in
children. This activity can best be described as public health:
A.) Primary prevention
B.) Risk exposure history
C.) Secondary prevention
D.) Tertiary prevention - Answer-C.) Secondary prevention
Which activity demonstrates the use of a tertiary prevention strategy?
A.) Providing immunizations
B.) Conducting lead screening activities for children
C.) Providing case management services for clients with chronic illness
D.) Identifying and treating clients in a TB clinic - Answer-C.) Providing case
management services for clients with chronic illness
John snow played a critical role in the development of modern disease surveillance
when he:
A.) Devised a more statistically valid method of analyzing epidemiologic data
B.) Discovered casual agents for anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera
C.) Tracked the incidence of tuberculosis in the tenements of New York City
D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection between water supply
and cholera - Answer-D.) Used geographic mapping to demonstrates the connection
between water supply and cholera
A new group of migrant farmworkers has arrived in an community. The local public
health nurse realizes that an important step before scheduling clinic services is to:
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